Breaking News

Upcoming Report on Basenji coefficient of inbreeding

The blog at the Institute of Canine Biology reports an upcoming publication on inbreeding levels in purebred dogs. Basenjis were one of the breeds studied, and showed a very high level of inbreeding - one of the highest of any breeds evaluated!

For more details, check out the blog post at http://www.instituteofcaninebiology.org/blog/inbreeding-of-purebred-dogs-determined-from-dna

In 1959 Veronica Tudor-Williams went to Nzara, Sudan, where she acquired two Basenjis. One of them, Fula, she kept for herself. For my third trip to Africa I decided to follow in VTW’s footsteps to ...